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Bond set for jewelry business owner

Bond was set for an upstate jewelry business owner, who police say was arrested with his wife.

Updated: 7:20 PM EDT Apr 6, 2014

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Bond set for jewelry business owner

Bond was set for an upstate jewelry business owner, who police say was arrested with his wife.

Updated: 7:20 PM EDT Apr 6, 2014

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Bond set for jewelry business owner

Bond was set for an upstate jewelry business owner, who police say was arrested with his wife.

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WEBVTT RODRIGUEZ... AFTER MONTHS ON THE RUN... THE OWNER OF A GREENVILLE COUNTY JEWELRY STORE... WHO IS ACCUSED OF STEALING FROM CUSTOMERS... MADE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE. RONNIE STEWART OWNS THE GOLDEN HEDGE IN GREENVILLE. INVESTIGATORS ARRESTED STEWART AND HIS WIFE, TRICIA ... IN HILTON HEAD THURSDAY NIGHT. RONNIE STEWART IS FACING MORE THAN 50 CHARGES. AUTHORITIES TELL US... BOTH HAVE BEEN ON THE RUN SINCE FEBRUARY.. THAT'S WHEN CUSTOMERS STARTING COMPLAINING THAT THE STORE CLOSED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. INVESTIGATORS SAY STEWART SOLD SOME OF THE JEWELRY TO AREA PAWN SHOPS.. AND KEPT SOME OF IT, FOR HIMSELF. OUTRAGED CUSTOMERS SHOWED UP FOR TODAY'S BOND HEARING. WYFF NEWS 4 PHOTOJOURNALIST ARIC LAVENDER... SHOWS US.... WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. "We were afraid that he was never going to be found." "I thought, actually, he would vanish..." "You can get to know people as friends, you think, and then goes and does something like to hurt people and I just don't understand that." "At this time, I'm ordering you to have no contact with the victims -- directly or indirectly. Do you understand my order?" "Yes, your honor." " I just want to know why you did this to me and my family. You took away something that my brother wore when he had cancer. You took away from me and my family." "...and I trusted you and I recommended you to people." "bond amount was one hundred....twenty seven thousand dollars....eight hundred..." "The officer called me in, the sheriff called me in and told me that they had gotten my pieces. They had found them in a pawn shop..." "I've got it on and I'm not even going to have it repaired..." "Just sentimental to me. I just don't want anyone to touch it." RONNIE STEWART'S BOND WAS SET AT MORE THAN $125 THOUSAND DOLLARS. HE DECLINED TO SAY ANYTHING... UNTIL HE HAS AN ATTORNEY. STEWART IS ALSO SCHEDULED TO